Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Role details

Centre College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in chemistry, to begin in August 2025. We seek a teacher-scholar who will enhance our community with their experiences, ideas, perspectives, and scholarship. To be considered, you must be ABD or have a Ph.D. in the chemical sciences or related field by the time of appointment. The successful candidate will teach courses and labs within the general and/or organic chemistry sequences. Other courses may include topics within their specialty and/or courses for Centre’s innovative general education curriculum. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity in all its forms.

Our new colleague will join a collegial and supportive program committed to inclusive teaching practices and to student support beyond the classroom, including individual advising and mentored student research. Centre’s faculty is filled with compassionate teacher-scholars dedicated to excellent teaching, student mentorship, equity and inclusion, shared governance, interdisciplinary collaboration, global study and citizenship, scholarly achievement, and service to the college and broader society. We provide ongoing professional development with resources including a dynamic Center for Teaching and Learning and endowed funding for summer research and professional development.

Peer mentorship will be provided at the institutional and programmatic level to support our new colleague’s success. Centre College is a nationally-ranked liberal arts and sciences college of ~1,400 students with an exceptional faculty. Centre’s robust academic programs span the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and Centre hosts one of the nation’s premier study-abroad programs, a world-class performing arts center, and competitive Division III athletics. Classes are small and academic standards are high, and Centre graduates enjoy extraordinary success in top graduate and professional schools, prestigious fellowships, and rewarding careers.

The College is located in historic Danville, Kentucky, offering a high quality of life and easy access to Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati. Centre College is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates with questions about access or requiring reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process should contact Daniel Scott at [email protected] For more information about Centre College, visit www.centre.edu . Centre College is a proud member of the Greater Kentucky Higher Education Recruitment Consortium: www.greaterkyherc.org . To be considered, you must be ABD or have a Ph.D. in the chemical sciences or related field by the time of appointment.